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Amendments XI-XXVII Flashcards

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1
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What is amendment XI?

A

Suing states

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What is amendment XII?

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Separate ballots for president

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A citizen of _____ _______ (or ______ _______) may not sue another state in federal court without that state’s permission. The case belongs in a _______ _____ ______

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~one state
~foreign country
~state’s own court

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What happens if there is a deadlock for who is the president and vice president?

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the house selects the president from the top three candidates and the senate selects from the top two candidates for vice president.

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5
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The vice president must have the same qualifications as ________

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president

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What are amendments XIII-XV called?

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Reconstruction amendments

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What is amendment XIII?

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Slavery abolished

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What is the exception to no slavery or involuntary servitude?

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Being convicted of a crime (prisoners fixing roads in the south; trash detail in Maine)

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9
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What is Amendment XIV?

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Citizenship defined

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All persons _______ or _________ are citizens of the U.S.

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born; naturalized

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No state can take any citizen’s right to _____, _______, and _________ without due process of law.

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Life, liberty, property

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12
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What is amendment XV?

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Black voting rights

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13
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_________, __________, _______ or previous condition of ________ cannot prevent any citizen from voting.

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Race, color, servitude

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What are literacy tests?

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people were made to read hard to read documents in order to vote (Most black people at the time could not read)

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What are white primaries?

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Primaries in the south where only white people could vote

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16
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What is a grandfather clause?

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If you, your father, or your grandfather voted before 1867, you could vote without the regulations around it.

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17
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What are poll taxes?

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You have to pay a tax in order to vote

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18
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What is Gerrymandering?

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drawing district lines to prevent a group to overtake another group in that district (Doen with black people in the past, now done with democrats verses republicans)

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What are amendments XVI-XIX called?

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Progressive amendments

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20
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What is amendment XVI?

A

the income tax

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21
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What are income taxes based on?

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a person’s income

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What is amendment XVII?

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Direct election of senators

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23
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How is a vacancy of senators filled?

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A special election or
appointment by governor

24
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What is amendment XVIII?

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Prohibition

25
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The __________, _______, or __________ of alcohol is prohibited under amendment XVIII.

A

manufacturing, sale, transport

26
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What is Amendment XIX?

A

woman’s sufferage

27
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What were the supports and those against woman’s suffrage called?

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Yellow roses were supporters and red roses were against them.

28
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What is Amendment XX called?

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Lame duck amendment

29
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What is a lame duck?

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An official who is still in office after not being re-elected and thus is without power

30
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When does a presidential term end?

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January 20th at noon (Inaugration day)

31
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When do representatives/senator’s terms end?

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at noon on January 3rd

32
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Congress must convene at least ______ per year.

A

once

33
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Congress must convene at _____ on ______ _____ (unless changed by law)

A

noon; January 3rd

34
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If the president-elect dies before taking office, who takes their place?

A

Vice president elect

35
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if a president-elect is not chosen by inauguration day, who is president until one is chosen?

A

The vice president

36
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If neither president-elect or vice president-elect qualifies (or both die) before inauguration day, who decides the succession?

A

congress

37
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What is the presidential succession?

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Vice president, speaker of the house, president pro tempore, cabinet officials in order

38
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What is amendment XXI?

A

repeal of prohibition

39
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What was the only amendment ratified by state conventions?

A

amendment 21

40
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What is amendment XXII?

A

president term limits

41
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How many terms can a president have?

A

2 terms

42
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is a vice president is elevated to president for more than _____ years, than that person cannot be elected to president more than _______

A

two: once

43
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what’s the longest a president can serve?

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10 years

44
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What is amendment XXIII?

A

Voting rights for Washington D.C.

45
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How many electoral votes does D.C. have?

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3

46
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What is amendment XXIV?

A

poll taxes abolished

47
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What is amendment XXV?

A

presidential succession and disability

48
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What happens if the vice president’s office becomes vacant?

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the president appoints a new vice president but they must be approved by both the Senate and the House.

49
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A president can transfer his duties to the _____ if they cannot perform their duty.

A

vice president

50
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Who can officially tell congress they believe that the president is unfit for office?

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Vice president, congressional panel, or an executive (cabinet)

51
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What happens if someone outside of congress declares the president to be unfit?

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the vice president assumes the president the duties of president until the president Declaires themself fit.

52
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What happens if there is a disagreement between the president and the panel within four days on if the president if unfit?

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Congress resolves the issue by a 2/3rds majority in both houses within 21 days.

53
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What is amendment XXVI?

A

Right to vote for 18-year-olds

54
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What is amendment XXVII?

A

Congressional pay raises

55
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